Sound Recordings, Suffolk
Description
Bob Hart, recorded at home in Snape on 16 April 1974[conclusion of session which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A329r]; sings 'The Ship that Never Returned'; working at sea (cooking, rope work) on drifters and trawlers; storms at sea; working off the Shetland Isles and the East coast [of England]; interest in singing; sings 'Old Shep'; song ownership; sings 'Jolly Jack the Sailor Lad' (learned at sea); improvisation; sings 'The Dark Eyed Sailor'; memorisation of songs; sings 'Barbara Allen', and discusses this and a second version that he also sings. Sings 'What a Funny Little Place to Have One', 'In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree'(and discussion of); sings 'The Village Pump'. [Tr. 3] Frank Quinn sings 'The False Knight on the Road'; Steeleye Span sing 'The False Knight on the Road'; Ron Copper and Bob Copper sing 'The Sweet Primroses'; Ned Adams sings 'The Bold Princess Royal'. ?All four songs recorded from LP discs. Bob Hart and the collector, recorded in the Crown Inn, Snape, on 23 April 1974, discuss the preceding four recordings in terms of tempi, texts and tunes, instruments; talk of folk club music and versions/interpretations compared with how BH sings; radio music; folk singers; effect of The Beatles ; transmission/creation of songs compared with past times. [Tr. 1] 2 of 79.
Metadata
| Identifier | dwz6kmrt |
| IRN | 414381 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A330r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/dwz6kmrt |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Dunn, Ginette |
| Date | April 1974 |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 63' 24". |